Average PISA science literacy scores of 15-year-old students, and cutpoint scores for bottom and top 10 percent of students in each jurisdiction, by jurisdiction: 2006

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Table B.1.33.

Average PISA science literacy scores of 15-year-old students, and cutpoint scores for bottom and top 10 percent of students in each jurisdiction, by jurisdiction: 2006

Jurisdiction		Average score			Cutpoint score
Jurisdiction		Average score	s.e.		Bottom 10 percent	s.e.		Top 10 percent	s.e.
	OECD average	500	0.5	∆	375	0.9	∆	622	0.7

OECD countries
	Australia	527	2.3	∆	395	3.4	∆	653	2.9	∆
	Austria	511	3.9	∆	378	6.2	∆	633	3.6
	Belgium	510	2.5	∆	374	5.4	∆	634	2.3
	Canada	534	2.0	∆	410	3.7		651	2.4	∆
	Czech Republic	513	3.5	∆	385	5.2	∆	641	4.3	∆

	Denmark	496	3.1		373	4.8	∆	615	3.7	▼
	Finland	563	2.0	∆	453	3.3	∆	673	2.9	∆
	France	495	3.4		359	5.5		623	4.0
	Germany	516	3.8	∆	381	7.0	∆	642	3.2	∆
	Greece	473	3.2	▼	353	5.4		589	4.1	▼

	Hungary	504	2.7	∆	388	4.2	∆	617	3.1	▼
	Iceland	491	1.6		364	3.1	∆	614	2.9	▼
	Ireland	508	3.2	∆	385	4.4	∆	630	3.7
	Italy	475	2.0	▼	351	2.8		598	2.6	▼
	Japan	531	3.4	∆	396	6.2	∆	654	3.1	∆

	Korea, Republic of	522	3.4	∆	403	5.7	∆	635	4.7
	Luxembourg	486	1.1		358	2.8		609	2.8	▼
	Mexico	410	2.7	▼	306	4.2	▼	516	3.0	▼
	Netherlands	525	2.7	∆	395	5.4	∆	646	3.4	∆
	New Zealand	530	2.7	∆	389	4.5	∆	667	3.3	∆

	Norway	487	3.1		365	5.6	∆	610	3.5	▼
	Poland	498	2.3		381	2.9	∆	615	3.3	▼
	Portugal	474	3.0	▼	357	4.8		588	2.9	▼
	Slovak Republic	488	2.6		368	3.7	∆	609	4.1	▼
	Spain	488	2.6		370	3.7	∆	604	3.0	▼

	Sweden	503	2.4	∆	381	4.0	∆	622	2.6
	Switzerland	512	3.2	∆	378	4.9	∆	636	3.8
	Turkey	424	3.8	▼	325	3.2	▼	540	9.7	▼
	United Kingdom	515	2.3	∆	376	4.3	∆	652	2.9	∆
	United States	489	4.2		349	5.9		628	4.3

Non-OECD jurisdictions
	Argentina	391	6.1	▼	259	9.0	▼	520	6.5	▼
	Azerbaijan	382	2.8	▼	316	2.4	▼	456	6.4	▼
	Brazil	390	2.8	▼	281	3.2	▼	510	5.6	▼
	Bulgaria	434	6.1	▼	300	7.1	▼	577	8.2	▼
	Chile	438	4.3	▼	323	4.1	▼	560	6.5	▼

	Chinese Taipei	532	3.6	∆	402	5.0	∆	651	2.7	∆
	Colombia	388	3.4	▼	280	4.5	▼	496	4.6	▼
	Croatia	493	2.4		383	3.8	∆	604	3.2	▼
	Estonia	531	2.5	∆	422	3.8	∆	640	3.3	∆
	Hong Kong-China	542	2.5	∆	418	6.1	∆	655	3.5	∆

	Indonesia	393	5.7	▼	307	3.5	▼	488	11.8	▼
	Israel	454	3.7	▼	310	5.2	▼	601	4.5
	Jordan	422	2.8	▼	309	4.0	▼	537	4.5	▼
	Kyrgyz Republic	322	2.9	▼	220	3.8	▼	428	5.0	▼
	Latvia	490	3.0		380	4.2	∆	597	3.5	▼

	Liechtenstein	522	4.1	∆	393	12.8	∆	643	9.4
	Lithuania	488	2.8		370	3.2	∆	604	4.2	▼
	Macao-China	511	1.1	∆	409	2.5	∆	611	1.8	▼
	Montenegro, Republic of	412	1.1	▼	312	2.1	▼	517	3.0	▼
	Qatar	349	0.9	▼	253	1.4	▼	462	2.6	▼

	Romania	418	4.2	▼	314	5.0	▼	526	5.7	▼
	Russian Federation	479	3.7		364	5.4		596	3.9	▼
	Serbia, Republic of	436	3.0	▼	327	4.0	▼	545	3.8	▼
	Slovenia	519	1.1	∆	391	2.8	∆	647	3.3	∆
	Thailand	421	2.1	▼	325	3.4	▼	524	3.8	▼

	Tunisia	386	3.0	▼	283	3.4	▼	495	6.0	▼
	Uruguay	428	2.7	▼	306	4.9	▼	550	3.6	▼

∆ Score is higher than U.S. score (p <.05).
▼Score is lower than U.S. score (p <.05).
NOTE: The OECD average is the average of the national averages of the OECD member countries. Because PISA is principally an OECD study, the results for non-OECD jurisdictions are displayed separately from those of the OECD countries and are not included in the OECD average. Science literacy scores are reported on a scale from 0 to 1,000. A cutpoint score is the threshold score for an established level of performance. The cutpoint scores for students in the top 10 percent is the 90th percentile score within the jurisdiction. The cutpoint score for students in the bottom 10 percent is the 10th percentile score within the jurisdiction. The tests for significance take into account the standard error for the reported difference. Thus, a small difference between the United States and one jurisdiction may be significant while a large difference between the United States and another jurisdiction may not be significant.
SOURCE: Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2006. Provasnik, S., Gonzales, P., and Miller, D. (2009). U.S. Performance Across International Assessments of Student Achievement: Special Supplement to The Condition of Education 2009 (NCES 2009-083), table 9 and table S-9. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.

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